2 Mar
1997
2 Mar
'97
1:56 a.m.
Except the current allocation practices seem at odds with the goal of minimizing route table growth. Why is it better to allocate several non-agregatable blocks that are 'just' the right size rather than one aggregatable block the next size larger?
Actually, the current allocation practices do exactly that since the InterNIC, in almost all cases, allocates blocks of addresses to ISPs from larger reserved blocks. Kim Hubbard
So which do providers really want to minimize, the number of route entries or the size of individual route entries? -- Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO Affiliation given for identification not representation